2026-07-09
AI just shrank the PC market and is killing the cheap phone. Your gadgets are next
For the first time in two years, the world bought fewer PCs. Global shipments of desktops, notebooks, and workstations fell 3.6% in the second quarter of 2026, to 65.7 million units, according to the analyst firm Omdia. The cause is not weak demand. It is the price of memory, and the reason it is soaring […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-09
OpenAI releases GPT-5.6 to everyone after the US government signed off
OpenAI has made GPT-5.6 publicly available after receiving approval from the Trump administration. The release ends weeks in which the model was restricted to a small group of government-vetted partners, CNBC reports. The model family comes in three tiers. Sol is the flagship, Terra a lower-cost enterprise option, and Luna the fastest and cheapest. OpenAI says […]<br /> This story continu [...]
2026-07-09
Half of Gen Z feel guilty using AI at work. Employers now rank it above a degree
Half of young workers feel guilty when they use AI to do their jobs. Yet the same skills are fast becoming something their employers demand. That is the bind facing Gen Z at work, according to a new global survey from the employment platform Employment Hero. The company calls it “the AI paradox.” In the […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-09
A single Messi moment pushed Google Search to its busiest second ever
Google Search recorded its highest usage ever this week, driven by a World Cup goal. The company says the most queries per second in Search’s near-28-year history landed right after Argentina’s winning goal, a spokesperson told CNBC. The spike followed Argentina’s comeback victory over Egypt in the knockout rounds on Tuesday, with Lionel Messi at the […]<br /> This story continues a [...]
2026-07-09
Alipay’s owner just open-sourced an entire robot brain in a single week
The company behind China’s Alipay just gave away an AI that builds a playable video game world and keeps it running for a full hour. Robbyant, the robotics arm of fintech giant Ant Group, open-sourced its LingBot-World 2.0 world model this week. It generates an interactive 3D world in real time, at 720p and 60 […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-09
How organizations view AI-native transformation through better workflows, decisions, and organizational intelligence
Organizations seem eager to bring AI into the workplace. Many begin the journey by focusing on the tool or the model. VarOps, a systems-level AI advisory specializing in capability building in organizations, believes that’s the wrong place to start. According to VarOps, businesses should start by examining how work actually moves through the organisation, as this […]<br /> This story co [...]
2026-07-09
A four-year-old has seen more of the world than ChatGPT. Yann LeCun is betting $1bn on that
Yann LeCun is not a natural contrarian, but he is playing one right now. The man often called a godfather of AI built the convolutional neural network in the late 1980s. That design still powers phone cameras, medical scans, and driver-assistance systems. He then spent 12 years as Meta’s chief AI scientist. In November, he […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-09
OpenAI pairs its GPT-5.6 public rollout with ChatGPT Work, a new agent that handles entire workflows
OpenAI is launching ChatGPT Work, an agent-based product powered by Codex and the now publicly available GPT-5.6. The agent can independently handle complex projects across apps like Google Drive, Slack, and Salesforce. ChatGPT Work is available now on web, mobile, and desktop, though access depends on the subscription plan.<br /> The article OpenAI pairs its GPT-5.6 public rollout with Chat [...]